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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CTRollHunter, post: 1839366, member: 41919&quot;]Well, 2013 is drawing to a close.&nbsp; Below are my results.&nbsp; Not much silver, by weight, because I chose to look for dimes instead of halves this year, but still a lot of fun!</p><p><br /></p><p>War nickels: 96 for 5+ ounces</p><p><br /></p><p>Dimes: 348 for 25+ ounces</p><p><br /></p><p>Quarters: 29 for 5+ ounces!&nbsp; Not bad because I only bought $600 in rolls (all the rest from teller trays or coin counting machines.</p><p><br /></p><p>Halves: 87 90% (including 1 1898, 5 walkers and 10 Bennies) and 450 40%ers</p><p><br /></p><p>All told, a total of 1010 silver coins and about 134 ounces.&nbsp; Much less than last year because dimes are so much harder to find and add up to so much less weight.&nbsp; But I now have over 8 full rolls of silver dimes counting the few I found last year!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Other highlights:</p><ol> <li>An 1893-S Morgan dollar I bought for $15 from the guy behind me in a teller line without knowing what it was!</li> <li>The 1898 Columbian Exposition half dollar I got in a bag of halves from a coin counting machine</li> <li>24+ Mercury dimes included above (I did not keep a count of all of them)</li> <li>5+ V nickels&nbsp; including an 1894 in nice condition(and too many buffalos to keep track of)</li> <li>6+ Indian head pennies</li> </ol><p>There is so much less silver around that I won&#039;t be looking as much in 2014.&nbsp; But I am sure the bug will bite at least a few times...</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck all and Happy New Year![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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